misplace

Example Sentences

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U.S. consumers are feeling pinched financially, but fears that angst would spill over to America’s favorite burger chain were misplaced.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was never lost in our suite at the resort or misplaced at the airport.

From Literature

By the time the plane landed in Madrid, Quigley and Mittman said, they had missed their connecting flight and American had misplaced two of their bags.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Fears that the economy was overheating were totally misplaced,” said Jay Hatfield, chief executive of Infrastructure Capital Advisors in New York.

From MarketWatch

But as I observed then, hullabaloo over “milestone” numbers is typically misplaced.

From Los Angeles Times